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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1972
Page
2
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation. It operates from 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 04205, serving as the regional newspaper for the area.
The article argues against hazing in high schools, stating it harms self respect and harms younger students. It urges leadership that promotes grace, individual respect, and compassionate school spirit overseen by a mentor, Mr Anthony, to cultivate maturity.
President Nixon touts a winding down of Vietnam while air war escalates with 900,000 tons dropped in nine months of 1972. Pentagon figures show 7.55 million tons in seven and a half years, dwarfing earlier totals. Agnew cites protestors as bleeding hearts, while many Americans remain bored by nightly bombings.
A columnist riffs on ethnic pride during a July Fourth era, noting Thelma Ryan and Richard Daley at a Chicago celebration with Irish ties, plus John Volpe and George McGovern in New York. Columbus is invoked satirically as an accidental discoverer lacking party ties.
A retrospective note that Nixon, ten years after losing California’s governorship, attacked the press during a rambling 15 minute appeal to reporters. It contrasts his hostile stance toward reporters with broad editorial support he once enjoyed and highlights his growing isolation from the press as his 1972 campaign unfolds.
A reader questions reporter John Leaning’s coverage of the Monday Anthony School Board session. The letter argues the account is inaccurate and inflammatory, urging readers to see two separate events and accusing the article of promoting some board members over others.
A reader letters page raises questions on executive overreach in education programs, federal funding, and military actions. It argues four dropout programs cost taxpayers and usurp school board control, then broadens to critique Nixon era wartime actions, press freedom, surveillance, and economic policy. The piece cites Lawrence E Harrington and Sever Markel from The New York Times as context.
In Annapolis a discussion on auto insurance costs highlights a 13 billion premium pool and rising expenses since 1950. Industrial engineer Eugene Sullivan argues the system is unfair with commissions and lawyer fees, while policymakers debate no fault rules and greater state regulation amid insurer insolvencies and market shifts toward direct writers.
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